Pleasure or Pain

Lyrics

[Intro: U-God] Once again Through the storms [Verse 1: U-God] I gotta stay strong, take deep breaths, hold on long Bring the harm with no regrets On my chest, let my knowledge be born on levels, while Devil copters mark my every step When the riots form, my woman keeps me warm From Fort Greene I sing the song mean Bring the calm overseas, glide high in the skies Sky dive, far, far as the eye could see In the midst of acapell', I ball my fist up Unravel, travellin' to the cells of Gotti I shot up a shell, will he drop? Will he flop? Will he go pop a cell? Is his mind frail? The worst is groove frantic, he expand the planet harder Your Godfather plans failed I air mail the senseless scar, two snub noses Niggas love those expensive cars Is it him and those twenty inch rims, splittin' the tar? An amazon woman from the stripbar God, it varies, Halle Berry stars eatin' hard cherries This world is bizarre, not bein' far from Mars Galaxy hoppin', non-stoppin' the sun rays Stayin' paid for real 'til I'm old and grey Pretty legs, of course, soft as clay Degrees, hot breeze in your hair all day, all day Engaged a lot, rockin' hot and cold chains My brain vain? Flames, still dock the missles Let off one, "Stay In Your Lane" Everybody got issues, I'm drunk off the rum Numb, one case got thrown out in dismissal Everybody got pistols But will the referee blow the whistle before I lock on your ass, bone gristle? These streets is crystal, crystal, crystal [Verse 2: Hell Razah] Pleasure and pain, some took lead to the brain Got rich and couldn't live for the end of the game Government train, breakin' off the slavery chain From a weddin' to a funeral, it's pleasure and pain Guns, gangs cock back, ready to aim Colin Fergusons, ridin' on the back of the train Televisions and this cocaine got us insane We go to war if we all got to burn in the flame Baby showers, same day as nuclear showers Prophecies how this world will be destroyed in an hour Shots fired in the night, from the heart of the coward Stop the growth of the young flowers from going to Howard Brooklyn Beirut, raised in fatigues and boots Blue-printin' who we hittin', and we need to shoot No description, all though it was dark, an Egyptian And didn't have no love, but a grudge against Clinton [Verse 3: U-God] Representin', how much gold can one man claim? Over horizon, recognize him, it's candy rain Flusty, lookin' out an old dusty window pane With nothin' to lose, but everything to gain So far to go, much more is unclaimed No delay when we spray, we play for keeps In the Jeeps thumpin' somethin' gritty It's gun nitty in the city that never sleeps, street sweepin' Is senseless, intense, fenced in, fleein' A long road ahead, I'm still believin' in my freedom On the darkest day, I say, your darkest hour I came to realize, the sinner's most inner-most power So enchanted, cry inside, fryin' and dancin' At God speed, damn it, fear is planted Severe nature of man, there's still no cure Seduce me, reduce me to ashes, caught in the law Atoms scattered brain lashes, to the core question Still no answers, moves to the phantom, handsome Midnight silence surround us, eye in the sky Everything is a lesson RZA, I love the God for all of your blessings I'm reppin', grateful 'til I'm dead Hateful heads, we under Allah's Protection Essence of life, one second, after the blastin' I wonder, is Heaven truly everlastin'? I'm askin', I said it to four lost relatives missing in action Communication breakdown, it's all the same Havin' a nervous breakdown drove you insane It's just pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain Another man's loss, another man's gain Stay in the game, pleasure and pain We treasure the fame, pleasure and pain Pleasure and pain, pleasure and pain, pain, pain, pain